Senator Harry Reid: the cattle rustler
April 11, 2014
This week, the Bureau of Land Management has been attempting to confiscate the cattle of Cliven Bundy, the last rancher in Nevada's Clark County. On Wednesday, BLM agents confronted the Bundy family
and supporters, using attack dogs, tasers and stun guns. Bundy's son
was tased and his daughter thrown to the ground. Bundy supporters
eventually drove the BLM off, but not before they had taken some cattle.
The BLM claims the cattle are "tresspassing" on land EPA designated for the endangered desert tortoise. This designation is a red flag that something else is going on. Desert tortoises have co-existed with cattle for over 100 years and the cattle offer no threat. The desert tortoise is so "endangered" in this area, that the government is planning to euthanize some of them.
Sure enough, as Dana Loesch reports today in a great piece of investigative journalism, Senator Harry Reid, known as "Cleanface" by the Nevada mob, and named by Judicial Watch as one of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians," has been using the BLM to seize rangeland on behalf of campaign contributors. One of Reid's former senior advisors, Neil Kornze, was recently appointed to lead the BLM, but he has worked there since 2011, and been de facto leader for at least a year. According to Loesch, Reid even ordered BLM to alter boundaries of tortois habitat to allow top contributor, Harvey Whittemore, to develop the land. Yet another compassionate Democrat, concerned for the environment.
All other ranchers have been driven out of the county, but Bundy refuses to bend. The BLM claims Bundy owes them grazing fees dating back to 1993, however, his grazing rights predate the BLM, his family has used the land since the 1800s and those rights should have been grandfathered in. The BLM cannot just come along and unilaterally change the rules, and contrary to their accusations, Bundy has been paying grazing fees, but to the governmental entity he believes has true title to the land: Clark County, Nevada. Loesch relates:
This is a defining issue and a defining moment in U.S. history, one that should be at the forefront of our nation's attention today.
The BLM claims the cattle are "tresspassing" on land EPA designated for the endangered desert tortoise. This designation is a red flag that something else is going on. Desert tortoises have co-existed with cattle for over 100 years and the cattle offer no threat. The desert tortoise is so "endangered" in this area, that the government is planning to euthanize some of them.
Sure enough, as Dana Loesch reports today in a great piece of investigative journalism, Senator Harry Reid, known as "Cleanface" by the Nevada mob, and named by Judicial Watch as one of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians," has been using the BLM to seize rangeland on behalf of campaign contributors. One of Reid's former senior advisors, Neil Kornze, was recently appointed to lead the BLM, but he has worked there since 2011, and been de facto leader for at least a year. According to Loesch, Reid even ordered BLM to alter boundaries of tortois habitat to allow top contributor, Harvey Whittemore, to develop the land. Yet another compassionate Democrat, concerned for the environment.
All other ranchers have been driven out of the county, but Bundy refuses to bend. The BLM claims Bundy owes them grazing fees dating back to 1993, however, his grazing rights predate the BLM, his family has used the land since the 1800s and those rights should have been grandfathered in. The BLM cannot just come along and unilaterally change the rules, and contrary to their accusations, Bundy has been paying grazing fees, but to the governmental entity he believes has true title to the land: Clark County, Nevada. Loesch relates:
The BLM arrived much later, changed the details of the setup without consulting with Bundy — or any other rancher — and then began systematically driving out cattle and ranchers. Bundy refused to pay BLM, especially after they demanded he reduce his heard’s head count down to a level that would not sustain his ranch.Bundy is getting support from all across the country. Sheriff Richard Mack, founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Association, is traveling to the ranch along with some fellow CSPOA members, and state representatives from Arizona and Nevada, as well as Nevada's governor, Brian Sandoval, have issued criticisms. The governor, however, has much more lattitude. It is perfectly within his legal rights to tell BLM to cease and desist. Why is he not doing this? This is a telling moment for the Republican govenor. Will he do his job and honor his oath to "support and defend the U.S. Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic?" Or will he continue to mouth meaningless platitudes?
This is a defining issue and a defining moment in U.S. history, one that should be at the forefront of our nation's attention today.
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